PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Bastien Giroud (ranked 23755 p4p, 574 weight class) and Vrej Nazaryan (ranked 3854 p4p, 467 weight class). Giroud's entrance music is Khaled- Aisha. A fine choice. Nazaryan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. DVBBS & Borgeous - Tsunami kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Bastien Giroud has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Giroud
vs
Nazaryan

180 cm
23
158 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

167 cm
43
166 lbs
39 - 28 - 1

Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Bastien Giroud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 28 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vrej Nazaryan!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazaryan swings for the body but Giroud moves out of range.

Nazaryan has managed to clinch.
Nazaryan blocks an uppercut.
Nazaryan lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nazaryan.
Nazaryan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Nazaryan on the inside.
A short right from Giroud on the inside.
Nazaryan misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Nazaryan fails to land.
Nazaryan lands a nice uppercut.
Nazaryan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nazaryan has a couple of punches blocked by Giroud.
Giroud misses with the head strike.
Giroud blocking some punches.
Nazaryan has a couple of punches blocked by Giroud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Giroud blocking some punches.
Nazaryan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Giroud trying to stall but Nazaryan improves his position.
Nazaryan has a couple of punches blocked by Giroud.
Nazaryan has a couple of punches blocked by Giroud.
Nazaryan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nazaryan throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazaryan has a couple of punches blocked by Giroud.
A head punch on the inside from Nazaryan fails to land.
Nazaryan working aggressively here.
Giroud blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nazaryan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Giroud misses with a punch to the body.
Nazaryan blocking some punches.
Nazaryan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Giroud lands a hook that snaps the head of Nazaryan backwards.
Nazaryan has a couple of punches blocked by Giroud.
Giroud lands a left hand.
Nazaryan lands an uppercut.
Nazaryan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nazaryan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nazaryan.
Giroud leaning against his opponent.
Nazaryan misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nazaryan.
Giroud taking a breather.
Nazaryan misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Giroud throws a punch but it's blocked by Nazaryan.
Giroud trying to stall but Nazaryan improves his position.
Nazaryan swings wildly with an uppercut but Giroud uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giroud tries to throw a body punch but Nazaryan avoids it by throwing Giroud back against the ropes.
Nazaryan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nazaryan lands with a light punch inside.
Nazaryan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nazaryan swings wildly with an uppercut but Giroud uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nazaryan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nazaryan has a couple of punches blocked by Giroud.
Nazaryan misses with the head strike.
Nazaryan lands with a light punch inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Giroud working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Giroud misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nazaryan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nazaryan lands a left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nazaryan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Giroud backwards.
Nazaryan lands a left hand.
Nazaryan working aggressively here.
Nazaryan throws a punch but it's blocked by Giroud.
Giroud taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vrej Nazaryan dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Giroud tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the liver by Nazaryan. Beautiful body shot.
Giroud seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Giroud doesn't manage to clinch there - Nazaryan circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Giroud. Those never looked like landing.
Nazaryan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Giroud cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Giroud avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nazaryan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A jab lands there for Giroud.
Giroud slips a jab and a cross from Nazaryan.
Giroud misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nazaryan throws a body kick that misses.
Bastien Giroud seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giroud finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nazaryan tries to bum rush Giroud with a series of wild strikes but Giroud uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nazaryan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nazaryan unleashes a big counter combination but Giroud bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Giroud takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Giroud feints and then cracks Nazaryan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nazaryan down.
Giroud takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giroud swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Giroud misses with a straight left.
Nazaryan is looking for the big counter here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nazaryan.
Nazaryan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Giroud appears to be looking for a big counter.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Giroud throws a right and a left that Nazaryan avoids nicely.
Giroud checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nazaryan tries to work over Giroud's front leg with a kick but Giroud checks it.
Giroud works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nazaryan throws a leg kick but Giroud sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Giroud looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nazaryan tries to clinch but Giroud moves out of range.
Giroud tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Nazaryan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Giroud finds it's target.

Nazaryan is rocked!
Nazaryan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nazaryan is still on wobbly legs! Can Giroud finish him?
Bastien Giroud is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Giroud doesn't manage to clinch there - Nazaryan circles away.
Nazaryan seems to have recovered his senses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Giroud.
Nazaryan takes one to the chin there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Giroud avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nazaryan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Giroud connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nazaryan's hands.
Nazaryan is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Giroud doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Nazaryan crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Nazaryan's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bastien Giroud!
Post fight, Bastien Giroud took to the microphone: 'Nobody in the division can take my shots ! Its a message to the rest of the fighters: im coming'.
The defeated Vrej Nazaryan had this to say: 'He was the better man today. I need to look at the tapes and figure out what went wrong but dont you worry I will be back.'.